Disclaimer: Looks in mirror…checks reflection…nope *still* not Joss Whedon or David Greenwalt…or anyone else involved with BtVS/A:tS etc so not mine!
Rating: PG
Spoilers: BtVS ~ Seasons 4 -> but vague
AN's: I haven't seen any of 6…and I'm doing everything in my power to stay spoiler free (with varying success!), this may contain some vague spoilers (that I haven't managed to avoid) and it may also be a tad AU
Characters: Buffy P.O.V.
Dedication: Jo…if only she would stop dismembering me, threatening me with cake and spoons and continually mentioning my eye winking at an alarming rate!!!

I was in the basement looking for tree lights when I found some cards we'd put away from a previous year. Mom couldn't understand why I wouldn't let her take them for recycling, I didn't try and explain and she didn't fight me.

I sat on the floor, the box beside me, and began to go through them. One from Dad, promising to come see me in the New Year. One from Giles, I never thought he'd leave me. One from Willow, she didn't celebrate but she cared enough to send me a card. One from Cordelia, personalized for the Chase family, as if I'd expected anything else. One from Xander, Snoopy. A few from distant relatives we never see and one from…

My throat catches as I see the beautifully hand drawn card.

I never expected to get a card from him. Vampires and Christmas. Don't see many Santas with fangs.

It was Christmas Eve, we were on our own, it was after patrol, and he told me he had something for me. He pressed the envelope into my hands and waited for me to open it. When I did, what I found inside took my breath away.

He'd drawn an angel, with wings, a halo and a lyre. Every pencil stroke filled with magic, it was as if any moment she would rise from the paper and ascend into the heavens.

A tear began to trickle down my face, for a moment I was speechless, then I threw my arms around him, hugging him for all I was worth.

It was the most wonderful gift I got that Christmas.

I wonder what he's doing now, if Cordy and the others are bullying him into having a tree and doing the whole card/present/party thing. I wonder if he's happy.

But most of all I wonder if he remembers that Christmas Eve, and the angel he gave me.

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